Archive for the 'News and Opinion' Category

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

tagged by the 8-things meme, I reveal the last of my secrets to be indexed by Google.

Blogs, RSS, wikis, podcasts and social tagging: What’s a communicator to do?

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Blogs, RSS, wikis, podcasts and social tagging: What’s a communicator to do?
Begins: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 at 6:30 PM
Ends: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 at 9:00 PM
Entry fee: $20 for non-members and guests
Location:
Oakville Public Library (2nd floor)
120 Navy Street
Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4
Canada

Link: Halton Peel Communications Association

Do you know how to make the most of social […]

Articles about lost productivity cost companies half a billion dollars in lost productivity.

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Just what is the productivity loss of executives who are spending time worrying about the productivity loss of their employees?

Stop looking at me - Canadian Privacy Commission waggles finger at Google

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

In a letter sent to Google last month, Canadian Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddardt writes, “Our Office considers images of individuals that are sufficiently clear to allow an individual to be identified to be personal information within the meaning of PIPEDA.”
That, to me, seems just plain nuts. Does this mean every snapshot on Facebook and […]

Social Media and Communities: how not to approach it

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

How many different ways can a social media endeavour go wrong? FanLib counts the way.
FanLib is a social network site that aims to create a ‘MySpace’ for authors of fanfiction. Their heavy handed, often misguided and just plain clumsy efforts to monetize a community give the rest of us valuable lessons to take […]

Check intentions before criticizing | Wrike.com is an interesting tool for collaboration

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Before rushing to critique, it never hurts to clarify what the other’s intentions were. Especially since the barriers to do so are practically non-existent.

Pasting images into PowerPoint balloons the filesize

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

This one gets filed under the ‘you learn something new every day’, category. Have you ever noticed PowerPoint files ballooning to horrendous sizes making emailing tricky if not an exercise in futility? I was working with a PowerPoint file that should have been no more than 200-300kb but was instead close to five […]

Tomorrow is ‘International LaLaLaLaLa I’m Not Listening Day’

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

April first brings with it an inevitable rash of hoaxes, pranks and parodies. Whether it’s the local zoo’s switchboard gets jammed as people try to return calls to Mr. L.E.Fant, news snippets of zombie attacks in Cambodia, or the pink ‘zOMG Ponies’ overhaul to the news for nerds site Slashdot; this is the day […]

Illustration: Stan Slade Comic

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

Another example of the work I did on the Stan Slade comic strips for the Chief Information and Privacy Officer.

Rob Clark: The Brand(tm)

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

“Rob Clark is something to be aspired to.”



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